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    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/copy_of_talking-about-abuse-and-disability-resources-supporting-adults-with-disabilities/transcript-for-hablando-sobre-abuso-y-discapacidad">        <title>"Hablando sobre abuso y discapacidad"</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/copy_of_talking-about-abuse-and-disability-resources-supporting-adults-with-disabilities/transcript-for-hablando-sobre-abuso-y-discapacidad</link>        <description>Un video de 3 minutos para personas discapacitadas sobre cómo reconocer y responder al abuso, maneras de ayudar, y recursos. En español. Este video tiene subtítulos, y la transcripción está disponible.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Español</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Video</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>violence/abuse</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-03-24T16:24:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/comic-book-scenes">        <title>Comic Book Scenes: Personal Assistance</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/comic-book-scenes</link>        <description>These scenes show difficult situations in the lives of people with disabilities when interacting with people who help them, including spouses, family members, paid assistants, service providers. Some of these scenes show disabled people being mistreated, while others show the disabled people taking action to confront or correct the mistreatment.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>youth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>violence/abuse</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>women</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-12-07T22:17:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/analisis-del-examen-sobre-asistencia-personal">        <title>Análisis del examen sobre asistencia personal</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/analisis-del-examen-sobre-asistencia-personal</link>        <description>Un análisis del examen interactivo sobre asistencia personal, incluyendo enlaces para más información.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>violence/abuse</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Hispanic/Latino</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-06-28T17:25:17Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/the-trouble-maker">        <title>The Trouble Maker</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/the-trouble-maker</link>        <description>A woman’s fear of being labeled a “trouble-maker” for reporting an incompetent attendant</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-05-25T21:48:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/the-intrusive-mother">        <title>The Intrusive Mother</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/comic-book-scenes-personal-assistance/the-intrusive-mother</link>        <description>A comic strip showing how family members can try to control the lives of people with disabilities.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-06-21T21:27:19Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/el-world-institute-on-disability-wid-lanza-el-programa-de-estudios-sobre-la-prevencion-del-abuso-y-el-empoderamiento-en-la-internet">        <title>El World Institute on Disability (WID) lanza el Programa de estudios sobre la prevención del abuso y el empoderamiento en la Internet</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/programs/health-access-and-long-term-services/curriculum-on-abuse-prevention-and-empowerment-cape/activities/el-world-institute-on-disability-wid-lanza-el-programa-de-estudios-sobre-la-prevencion-del-abuso-y-el-empoderamiento-en-la-internet</link>        <description>El World Institute on Disability (WID) tiene el gusto de lanzar nuestros nuevos recursos para el Programa de estudios sobre la prevención del abuso y el empoderamiento (CAPE). La nueva y ampliada página de CAPE (http://www.wid.org/cape) ofrece una introducción y una muestra de los textos, herramientas, y actividades de nuestro programa de estudios para la prevención del abuso.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>gabriel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>CAPE</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Español</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>violence/abuse</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-08-21T22:10:12Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Web Page</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-a-new-millennium">        <title>Personal Assistance Services: A New Millennium</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-a-new-millennium</link>        <description>For a person with a disability, a personal assistant can make the difference between living in the community or being institutionalized. That's why the World Institute on Disability's (WID) Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Division is engaged in a comprehensive project to determine how PAS can best promote the independent living, economic self-sufficiency, and full integration of people with disabilities into society. This summer, WID teamed up with four other organizations committed to promoting the full inclusion of people into society. Together they brought together 120 key leaders engaged in PAS to accomplish the following...</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Conference</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS-PAS publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>PAS New Millennium</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-04-27T15:50:16Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Folder</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-management-annotated-resource-list">        <title>Personal Assistance Services Management, Annotated Resource List</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-management-annotated-resource-list</link>        <description>This concise, annotated list offers resources on how people with disabilities can find, hire and manage their personal assistance services (PAS).</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>PV</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>community resource</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS-PAS publication</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-03-21T18:40:53Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Publication</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/publications/liability-issues-affecting-consumer-directed-personal-assistance-services-report-and-recommendations">        <title>Liability Issues Affecting Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services: Report and Recommendations</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/publications/liability-issues-affecting-consumer-directed-personal-assistance-services-report-and-recommendations</link>        <description>This manual offers an understandable explanation of liability law as it relates to Personal Assistance Services and suggests practical strategies for meeting legal requirements without sacrificing the
needs of people with disabilities. Contents include employment tax, benefits, personal injury (tort law and risk apportionment), and licensure/ certification (nurse practice acts).</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS-PAS publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Publication</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-03-21T18:41:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Publication</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-pas-people-with-disabilities-forging-public-policy-video">        <title>Personal Assistance Services (PAS): People with Disabilities Forging Public Policy (Video)</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-pas-people-with-disabilities-forging-public-policy-video</link>        <description>This video, filmed during an international symposium on PAS held in Oakland, CA in the fall of 1991, offers an excellent introduction to PAS. It addresses PAS as an Independent Living and Civil Rights issue. Perspectives from a diverse array of disability advocates from both the U.S. and Europe are represented.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Video</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS-PAS publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Publication</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-03-21T18:42:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Publication</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.wid.org/publications/the-cost-of-program-models-providing-personal-assistance-services-pas-for-independent-living">        <title>The Cost of Program Models Providing Personal Assistance Services (PAS) for Independent Living</title>        <link>http://www.wid.org/publications/the-cost-of-program-models-providing-personal-assistance-services-pas-for-independent-living</link>        <description>This report analyzes six program models in terms of cost and degree of support for Independent Living using data from WlD's 1989 program survey of all publicly-funded PAS programs in the United States. Both Independent provider and agency models are examined and compared.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Personal Assistance Services</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Independent Living</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS-PAS publication</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>HALTS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Publication</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2007-03-21T18:42:36Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Publication</dc:type>    </item>
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